Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. Ill have all the days news and Paul will have the forecast.
Also tonight, Ill be finding out why women in North Lincolnshire have been told they have to wait a year for IVF treatment. Well be revealing the Primary Care Trust that is scrapping free IVF treatment for at least the next coming year. Im sure that will affect a great many couples in our region. Ill have more on that later. On Look North this evening, the enigmatic Jamie Oliver will be in our region again. Hell be on the programme talking about the standard of school dinners in our local schools. And as Im sure youre aware, it's been the wettest May for over 20 years. Ill be finding out what impact this is having on local farmers. And its normally Hull, who gets voted the worst place to live or the fattest place in the country as it normally gets ranked quite high in these negative polls. But not this time! Can you believe it? Lincolnshire has been voted one of the ugliest counties in the country! Yellow bellies are up in arms over this one! Ill have more on this and of course, the rest of the days news tonight on Look North at half past six. I hope you can join me then. Emails Thanks for all the emails on a variety of subjects. I was talking about older mums the other day. Theres a note here from Doris. I would just like to say something regarding babies being born to older mothers. I had twin boys, who were fifteen years old when I had another baby boy. Being forty-one years old, I was not too pleased at the time, but I think forty plus is not a bad time to have children. Mature parents cope with having a new baby and do not panic over small problems like young mothers do. One of the advantages of being older and having friends the same age is that you are never short of help and also baby sitters! So there you are on the subject of older mums. If youve got a comment on anything, then email me. And also if youve got a problem for the Leave it to Levy slot, then get in touch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Calling All Stars Well, I mentioned this earlier in the week, but thought I should remind you that were looking for some young talent! BBC Radio Humbersides Westenders programme on Sunday, which features all the hit songs and gossip from the world of West End Theatre, are putting on a musical! Theyve chosen to do the musical, Carrots, which is the story of Dr Barnardo and the childrens charity and they want some young talent to star in the show. So if youre in Year Six in your final year of Junior school and you fancy being in a musical at the Hull New Theatre, then get in touch. All you have to do, if you want a chance to be on stage and help raise money for Children In Need, is to call our BBC reception in Hull on 01482 314499. Ring between 9am and 7pm weekdays for details of how to audition for the show. And of course break a leg! Becks Im sure you probably watched David Beckhams party the other night on the telly (I lost interest after a while watching that!) or you will at least have seen pictures from the event. But this business of writing books and autobiographies is quite good at raising your profile and not to mention your bank balance. I was mentioning the other day about Charlotte Church, whos writing her autobiography at the age of nineteen or whatever she is. David Beckham has written the third of his books. The England football Captains My Side was the biggest selling autobiography of 2004, but there is another one called, Making it Real! And thats coming out in September. Hes receiving a million pounds for the third book of David Beckhams autobiography! So there you are. If you want a way to make some money, then writing books is obviously the answer! Ill have to speak to Paul about that one. Weather As I said a few minutes ago, a detailed weather forecast will be coming from Paul tonight at half past six. But its the news that Britons have been waiting for, according to my newspaper today anyway, that summer is on its way. After the wettest May for years and years, with a bit of a wash out for events like the Chelsea Flower Show, it says get ready for a flaming June! The outlook for the whole of the month is good with temperatures staying high across the country and far exceeding the average for the month in the south. The forecast will be welcomed by sun lovers after a wash out May that saw many areas battered by torrential rain. Now a large area of high pressure is poised to move over the southern part of the country later this week and will spread northwards say the forecasters. Wind will sweep in from the west and temperatures could rise to 26Celsius, says this paper. Of course the detailed forecast will be coming up tonight. This is just a little something to chee! r us up this afternoon, but the detailed forecast will be coming from Paul tonight at half past six. X Factor Now Ive only seen one episode of this, excruciating as it was. This is the celebrity X Factor or whatever theyre calling it. Its a talent show basically for celebrities and the money is going to charity of course, which is the good thing about it. Apparently, the first night we had Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee in action and I missed that. They got voted off on the first night. Were they that bad? So Im sorry that I missed that one, but I was told by my friends at work that Debbie McGee was gutted and cried a bit and Paul Daniels couldnt care less. Although, the one person I have seen sing the other night was that Rebecca Loos and that ginger bloke. His name escapes me at the moment and that really was excruciatingly bad. I wonder if theyre still in it. I didnt see it last night either, but thats celebrity X Factor on ITV. The only good thing is that the money is going to charity. Anyway, thats it from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC One at half past six for Thursdays Look North as ever. If you want to drop me a line for tomorrows Levy Letter, then its the same address as usual. And if youve got a problem that you think we could tackle for you on the programme, then its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take care, bye Peter And for the latest news and more where you live, go to: http://bbc.co.uk/humber and http://bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the BBC Look North newsletter, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/newsletter/newsletter_index.shtml, enter your email address in the unsubscribe box. 1.94.4
